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Influence maximization in multilayer networks based on adaptive coupling degree
Influence Maximization(IM) aims to identify highly influential nodes to
maximize influence spread in a network. Previous research on the IM problem has
mainly concentrated on single-layer networks, disregarding the comprehension of
the coupling structure that is inherent in multilayer networks. To solve the IM
problem in multilayer networks, we first propose an independent cascade model
(MIC) in a multilayer network where propagation occurs simultaneously across
different layers. Consequently, a heuristic algorithm, i.e., Adaptive Coupling
Degree (ACD), which selects seed nodes with high spread influence and a low
degree of overlap of influence, is proposed to identify seed nodes for IM in a
multilayer network. By conducting experiments based on MIC, we have
demonstrated that our proposed method is superior to the baselines in terms of
influence spread and time cost in 6 synthetic and 4 real-world multilayer
networks
Sophocarpine Protects Mice from ConA-Induced Hepatitis via Inhibition of the IFN-Gamma/STAT1 Pathway
Geochemical characteristics of biogenic barium in sediments of the Antarctica Ross Sea and their indication for paleoproductivity
241-248In this paper, the biogenic Ba of Column R11 in the Antarctic Ross Sea and its implications to the paleo oceanographic productivity since the late of Late Quaternary were discussed, combined with the organic carbon, opal and biogenic calcium carbonate. The biogenic Ba contents ranged from 51.8 to 508.4 μg/g overall, exhibiting a gradually rising trend from the bottom to the top. It highly correlated both with TOC and opal, revealing that on one hand biogenic Ba can be used to study the change of productivity in the Ross Sea; and on the other hand, the marine productivity gradually increased since the late Pleistocene. The new productivity based on Francois model varied from 0.40 to 233.90 gC/(m2•a). The high values were mainly concentrated at the depth from 32 to 48 cm, but the new productivity values of the bottom were lower. It was inferred that the change in marine productivity in the Ross Sea was possibly affected by the ice cover since the late Pleistocene
Multi-axis fatigue loading system of wind turbine blade and vibration coupling characteristics
This paper presents a new method which focuses on the multi-axis fatigue loading mode for wind turbine blade and aims to shorten the fatigue loading cycle. The whole test scheme is design for the measurement of fatigue loading system. The two leading sources of fatigue loading system are asymmetric arrangement in the space. In addition, its vibration mathematical model is derived according to the Lagrange equation. The numerical simulation model is developed by means of Matlab Simulink. The vibration coupling characteristics including motor revolution speed, phase and amplitude of wind turbine blade is obtained. Moreover, the trajectory of wind turbine blade is obtained. Finally, a multi-axis fatigue loading platform for small wind turbine blade is built for the proposed study. The on-site test showed that if the revolution speeds of the two loading sources is the same as the natural frequency of wind turbine blade, the revolution speed, the phase angle of motor and the blade trajectory were relative changed smoothly. Thus, the amplitude of blade is state and the largest. Otherwise when the revolution speed of motor is different with the natural frequency of blade, the revolution speeds and phase angle of the two loading sources fluctuated largely. The above conclusion provided the theoretical basis for the subsequent decoupling control algorithm of multi-axis fatigue loading test
In vitro specific interactions revealed the infective characteristics of fungal endophytes to grapevine
In the present study a method for co-culture of fungal endophytic strains and grape cells was developed in order to study their interactions, and filter candidates for further safe inoculation in the vineyard. Analysis of morphological and physiological traits was performed by measuring the plant callus and fungal growth, plant cells viability, degree of cell oxidation and the scale of contact or its absence as reaction of the fungal endophyte to the presence of the plant callus. Accordingly, endophytic fungal strains (EFS) were classified on scale of invasion into categories (strong - medium - weak invasive), as well as the contact between the two partners (grow into - grow onto - contact - no contact) and the grape cell oxidation degree (normal (no oxidation) - light - moderate - serious). More included the dominance and distribution of EFS in the plant host, and correlation plots of physiological traits during plant callus and endophytic fungi co–culture were calculated
Wasserstein Distance guided Adversarial Imitation Learning with Reward Shape Exploration
The generative adversarial imitation learning (GAIL) has provided an
adversarial learning framework for imitating expert policy from demonstrations
in high-dimensional continuous tasks. However, almost all GAIL and its
extensions only design a kind of reward function of logarithmic form in the
adversarial training strategy with the Jensen-Shannon (JS) divergence for all
complex environments. The fixed logarithmic type of reward function may be
difficult to solve all complex tasks, and the vanishing gradients problem
caused by the JS divergence will harm the adversarial learning process. In this
paper, we propose a new algorithm named Wasserstein Distance guided Adversarial
Imitation Learning (WDAIL) for promoting the performance of imitation learning
(IL). There are three improvements in our method: (a) introducing the
Wasserstein distance to obtain more appropriate measure in the adversarial
training process, (b) using proximal policy optimization (PPO) in the
reinforcement learning stage which is much simpler to implement and makes the
algorithm more efficient, and (c) exploring different reward function shapes to
suit different tasks for improving the performance. The experiment results show
that the learning procedure remains remarkably stable, and achieves significant
performance in the complex continuous control tasks of MuJoCo.Comment: M. Zhang and Y. Wang contribute equally to this wor
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